October 2015 Board Meeting Materials

Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
Fourth Floor, McCormick Room
30 7th Street East
Saint Paul, Minnesota

Agenda items for approval are bolded. Minutes are draft until approved.

Schedule and General Information

• Directions to Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
• Board of Trustees Schedule
• Fiscal Year 2016-2017 Meeting Calendar
• Board of Trustees Committees

Academic and Student Affairs Committee

• Committee Meeting Agenda
• Committee Meeting Materials

1.	Minutes of Meeting of June 16, 2015 (pdf)
2.	Student Pipeline Recruitment and Pathways to Higher Education Update (pdf)

Audit Committee

The Audit Committee will not meet in October.

Closed Session: Joint Audit and Finance and Facilities Committees

Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes § 13D.05, Meetings Having Data Classified as Not Public, Subd. 3(d) (2014) (Minnesota Open Meeting Law)

• Closed Session Agenda
• Closed Session Materials

1.	Systemwide Information Technology Security Briefing (pdf)

Diversity and Equity Committee

The Diversity and Equity Committee will not meet in October.

Finance and Facilities Committee

• Committee Meeting Agenda
• Committee Meeting Materials

1.	Minutes of Meeting of June 17, 2015 (pdf)
2.	Surplus Real Property Approval – Central Lakes College Boundary Line Correction (pdf)
3.	Approval of Contracts Exceeding $1M for: (pdf) Lake Superior College Customized Training Grant for Thief River Falls Housing Development Microsoft Premier Hobson’s Contract Extension Inver Hills Community College Construction Project Bemidji State University Bookstore Contract St. Cloud State University Plumbing Replacement, Mitchell Hall Foundation Management Software –Blackbaud, Inc. Contract
4.	College and University Operating Budgets and Financial Recovery Plans Update (pdf) Presentation to the Finance and Facilities Committee (pdf)

Study Session: Finance and Facilities Committee

Information Technology 2016 Outlook (pdf)

Human Resources Committee

• Committee Meeting Agenda
• Committee Meeting Materials

1.	Minutes of Meeting of June 17, 2015 (pdf)
2.	Approval of Minnesota State University Association of Administrative and Service Faculty Bargaining Contract (pdf)
3.	Approval of Inter Faculty Organization Bargaining Contract (pdf)
4.	Approval of MnSCU Personnel Plan for Administrators (pdf)
5.	Emeriti Recognition (pdf)

Board of Trustees Study Session

Retirement Program Overview / Fiduciary Training (pdf)

Board of Trustees Meeting

• Board of Trustees Meeting Agenda

Chair's Report

Report of Closed Session Meeting of the Board of Trustees on the Chancellor’s Annual Performance Evaluation on September 28, 2015 (pdf)

Consent Agenda

All matters listed under Consent Agenda will be enacted by one motion in the form listed below. Any trustee may request that an item or items be removed from the Consent Agenda for independent consideration.

• Consent Agenda
• Consent Agenda Materials

a.	Minutes of the Board of Trustees Study Session on Charting the Future, June 16, 2015 (pdf)
b.	Minutes of the Board of Trustees Meeting, June 17, 2015 (pdf)
c.	Notes of the Board of Trustees Retreat, September 15-16 2015 (pdf)
d.	Surplus Real Property Approval – Central Lakes College Boundary Line Correction (Finance and Facilities Committee pdf)
e.	Approval of Contracts Exceeding $1M for: (Finance and Facilities Committee pdf) Lake Superior College Customized Training Grant for Thief River Falls Housing Development Microsoft Premier Hobson’s Contract Extension Inver Hills Community College Construction Project Bemidji State University Bookstore Contract St. Cloud State University Plumbing Replacement, Mitchell Hall Foundation Management Software – Blackbaud, Inc. Contract

Board Policy Decisions

There were no policy decisions in October

Other Business